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Brian C. Housand, PhDKeynote PresentationMaryland Gifted Education ConferenceOctober 21, 2011brianhousand.com
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a newHOPE
Gifted Education In the 21st Century
Brian Housand, PhDbrianhousand.com
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Geek
Researcher
Gifted
Educator
21st Century
Skills
CreativityTODAY
A NEW HOPE
1977
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A long time ago in a school far, far away...
Benjamin Bloom
1913 - 1999
E. Paul Torrance1915 - 2003
Julian Stanley
1918 - 2005
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Learning and Innovation SkillsCreativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
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1. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
2. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
3. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
4. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.
Creativity & Innovation
Identify, research, and collect data on an
environmental issue using digital resources and propose a solution.
PK - 2
Produce a media-rich digital story about a
significant local event based on first-person
interviews.
3 - 5
Create original animations or videos documenting school, community, or
local events.
6 - 8
Design, develop, and test a digital learning game to demonstrate knowledge
and skills related to curriculum content.
9 - 12
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the answer, then you may be asking the wrong question.
If your students can
“Intelligence in the age of the InternetWhere you're as smart as how quickly you can use your smart phone.”
Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)
The whole process of educa0on should thus be conceived as the process of learning to think
through the solu0on of real
problems.
-‐-‐ John Dewey, 1938
“We don’t have the option of turning away from the future. No one gets to
vote on whether technology is
going to change our lives.”
Bill Gates The Road Ahead
Don’t teach the tool.
Teach the thinking.
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Embrace Ambiguity
Take Risks That Disrupt Legacy Business
Leapfrog Beyond “Tried-and-True” Management Styles
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Cloud Computing
Mobiles
One Year Or Less
“Every generation of teenagers embracesthe freedoms and possibilities wroughtby technology in ways that shock the elders.”
Time March 27, 2006
DID
www.google.com/mobile/goggles/
Game Based Learning
Open Content
Two to Three Years
Learning Analytics
Personal Learning Environments
Four to Five Years
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Keep technology in the hands of
students
Why Do We Ask Kids To UNPLUG
At School?
80%
Tear down the wall
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.
RE:Search
“Every man should have a
built-in automatic
crap detector operating
inside of him.”
-- Ernest Hemingway
IDENTIFY Important Questions
LOCATE Information
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
SYNTHESIZE Information
COMMUNICATE Answers
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RE:Connect
Real World ProblemsAcademic Rigor
Technology Integration
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Re:Create
(Resnick, 1996)
NOT Stereos
Pianos
20%
(Papert, 1993)
Computers serve best
when they allow
everything to change.
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